# Emmanuel Courcol

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{{Short description|French actor and filmmaker}}
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'''Emmannuel Courcol''' (born December 25, 1957) is a French actor and filmmaker.<ref name="efa">{{cite web |title=The Big Hit / Un Triomphe |url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/film/the-big-hit.15517 |website=European Film Awards |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>

== Education ==
In 1984, Courcol graduated from the École Nationale des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre, where he had studied acting.<ref name="efa" />

== Career ==
After acting in a number of feature films, Courcol ventured into screenwriting with the 2001 film  ''[Mademoiselle](/source/Mademoiselle_(2001_film))'' directed by [Philippe Lioret](/source/Philippe_Lioret).<ref name="efa" /> In 2010, he was nominated alongside Lioret and [Olivier Adam](/source/Olivier_Adam) for the [César Award for Best Original Screenplay](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay) for ''[Welcome](/source/Welcome_(2009_film))''.<ref name="cesar">{{cite news |title=Cesar nominations list |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/awards/cesar-nominations-list-1118015508/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |agency=Variety}}</ref> 

Courcol's directorial debut, ''Ceasefire'', was released in 2016.<ref name="cf">{{cite news |last1=Lodge |first1=Guy |title=Film Review: ‘Ceasefire’ |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ceasefire-review-1201831999/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |agency=Variety}}</ref> His second feature film, ''[The Big Hit](/source/The_Big_Hit_(2020_film))'', was awarded the 2020 [European Film Award for Best Comedy](/source/European_Film_Award_for_Best_Comedy).<ref name="efa" /> ''[The Marching Band](/source/The_Marching_Band)'', Courcol's third directorial effort, premiered at the [2024 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2024_Cannes_Film_Festival).<ref name="cannes">{{cite web |last1=Pavard |first1=Charlotte |title=En Fanfare (The Marching Band): a musical social portrait by Emmanuel Courcol |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2024/en-fanfare-the-marching-band-a-musical-social-portrait-by-emmanuel-courcol/ |website=Cannes Film Festival |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Writer
! scope="col" | Actor
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Ref.
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
| ''[Mademoiselle](/source/Mademoiselle_(2001_film))''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Arthuis
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[The Light](/source/The_Light_(2004_film))''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Parish priest
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''[Welcome](/source/Welcome_(2009_film))''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Supermarket manager
| align="center" |<ref name="welcome">{{cite web |title=Welcome Press Kit |url=https://www.filmmovement.com/userFiles/uploads/films/welcome/welcome_presskit.pdf |website=Film Movement |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
| ''[All Our Desires](/source/All_Our_Desires)''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Doctor Stroesser
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
| ''Géraldine je t'aime''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2015
| ''[Boomerang](/source/Boomerang_(2015_film))''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
| ''[Face Down](/source/Face_Down_(film))''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2016
|  ''Ceasefire''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="cf" />
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''In the Name of the Land''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Notary
|  align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
| ''[I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere](/source/I_Wish_Someone_Were_Waiting_for_Me_Somewhere)''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
|  ''[The Big Hit](/source/The_Big_Hit_(2020_film))''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="cannes" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2024
| ''[The Marching Band](/source/The_Marching_Band)''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| align="center" |<ref name="cannes" />
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Writer
! scope="col" | Actor
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" | Ref.
|-
! scope="row" | 1997
| ''L'histoire du Samedi''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Sebastien
| 1 episode
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
| ''The Judge is a Woman''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Alexis
| 1 episode
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2003
| ''Avocats & associés''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Robert
| 1 episode
| 
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''Sauveur Giordano''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| Michel Prévin
| 1 episode
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2022
| ''Boxer les mots''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{N/a}}
| TV movie
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxer les mots |url=https://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_fiche_film/66916 |website=Film Doc |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominated work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" | Ref.
|-
! scope="row" | 2010
| [César Awards](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Awards)
| [Best Original Screenplay](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay)
| ''[Welcome](/source/Welcome_(2009_film))''
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" |<ref name="cesar" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2020
| [European Film Awards](/source/European_Film_Awards)
| [Best Comedy](/source/European_Film_Award_for_Best_Comedy)
| ''[The Big Hit](/source/The_Big_Hit_(2020_film))''
| {{Won}}
| align="center" |<ref name="efa" />
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|nm0183686}}

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